>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Period correct performance > cosmetics.>Metal > plastic.>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded>Nothing is as easy as it seems
>>28857347So glad mine doesnt have side markers.
>>28857383There's a highboy in ccg?
God willing I'll be getting a '78 Camaro soon, I grew up around 60s stuff but everything I want is unobtainable
>>28857476I wish.Mines just a regular 'ol 2wd bump side. But its a '68 so fell under "reflector or light" before the 1970 mandate that had to be lights front and rear so I dont have that lame side marker crap.
>>28857569I hadn't started it in awhile so I fired it up today and while I was sitting there I realized it has a courtesy light on the dash that lights up the entry.Only has one on the driver side.It could be justified as a cost saving measure but it feels like the beginning of the "fuck you, I got mine" boomer mentality.
Ahem. Fuck winter.
This bitch started in -20C/-4F after sitting for a couple weeks. Took a couple tries and I had to feather the throttle for 20 seconds, but she went. transmission shifted sluggish. drove it to work.15w40 definitely made the starter work hard and turn slow.with the block heater plugged in @ work, it fired right up and instantly drove normal. That's my first time attempting to drive a carbureted vehicle in actual cold weather.fellow AB anon, how's your experience?
>>28857347Pulled the heads off my Scimitar, and sure enough, blown head gasket. Also discovered that this car has *not* had an easy life, though I suppose that much was already obvious. Cheapest eBay head gaskets used, K-Seal in the cooling channels, evidence of something smashing around in one of the cylinders a long time ago, twist and tape wiring... Just a litany of things you never really want to see. Oh, and GOBS of sealant both inside and outside of the engine; I wouldn't be surprised if the previous owner's marriage was held together with the stuff. A pretty sizeable piece was actually partially blocking the thermostat feed, so I have no idea how it never overheated in the brief drive before it blew the head gasket.>>28857575Amen~
>>28857575having a garage is the only reason I'm hanging on desuI don't know how you garageless folks do it, I gave up on cars as a hobby until I moved into a place with a garage and suddenly its fun instead of miserable
>>28857571That’s the brake warning light, mate. It does seem like a courtesy light, Kek
>>28857761Lol.Apparently it is.I guess it made sense to the engineers to put it next to the release handle but that seems rather out of place by todays standards.
>>28857772Guess ill have to get a new lens and bezel for it.Or put in some LED retina burner bulb and wire it to the door pin switch...
>>28857773Muscle car research sells the seal kit for the brake proportioning valve that the brake warning light switch is wired to and the tool to center the valve to turn the light off.
a while back i had issues with the radio turning off when i turned on the high beams, thought it was poor grounds but nope, turns out the 50+ year old alternator wasn't coping lul. decided to get an ac delco reman 60 amp alt, amazon shipped it freaky fast, arrived like a day or two after i placed the order and it was also ridiculously cheap, like 30 bucks. thought i was gonna get a dodgy rebuild despite being ac delco, but surprisingly everything checked out with some basic multimeter probing.ignition switch finally wore out for good, rockauto replacement has a plastic mechanism but otherwise seems to be holding up. feels weird having such crisp feedback from the key now...
>>28857866>30 bucksI miss those days of an alternator or starter being $30 and sitting behind the counter.Crazy how 60 amp was standard considering I threw a 250amp on the fox (actually bench tested out at 278).
I'm moving and doing the midlife crisis thing and spending a bunch of money (for me, i'm not rich) on a garage.it's not going to be super big or anything but I want it to have sealed concrete, a 14" ceiling and a lift. I'm not a auto tech by trade and I've never actually used a lift but I always assumed 2 post is more functional. Some people have said 4-post is better though i don't really understand why
>>28858421In the 60s cars didn't really had too many electronics that the alternator needed to power.I don't think my car will ever pull 60 amps as it doesn't have enough electrical accessories for that, but it's good futureproofing and it'll be more than capable of handling everything currently on the car.
lol anyone want a NOS master cylinder for 1500 bucks?
>>288587504 post is typically a drive-on.2 post has arms that you have to position under the correct frame points.I prefer 2 post, theyre more versatile but 4 post are more retard proof.
>>28858873right. i understand how they function in a basic sense, but you can't even remove the wheels with a 4-post, so why would a hobby mechanic ever want that?
>>28859033only reason i can think of is if storing a car for a long time like how you see pics of a car stored on top of another. or working on stuff that doesn't need the wheels removed
>>28859033Pretty much what anon said.2 post for restoration.4 post for maintenance and storage.
>>28859057So I need a 2 post AND a 4 post!? This is a nightmare
>>28859224word is that someone in your exact predicament took matters into his own hands and made a SIX post.
Body shop next to my work got this in, i wanted to cry. I hope they fix it
>>28859328
Just FUCK my shit up. This close to swapping chebby motor in.
>>28859356Mechanical fuel injection?
>>28859356It worked perfectly when it left the factory....
>>28859224The "storage and maintenance" is just a boomer parking his new vette under his old vette (storage) and changing oil (maintenance).About the only thing you can do on a 4 post is swap a transmission. They suck. Theyre for boomers in gated communities on 1/8th acre lots with a 16'x20' garage.Define your needs and build your garage accordingly.
The engine rebuild saga continues, i honed the one bank of cylinders and I've found the ring lip to be sticking quite stubbornly. How much more material can i realistically take away before i start running into issues
>>28859773a pit would be ideal for oil changesmy grampa had one
>>28860376I've got a "pit" you can change oil in right here pal *grabs crotch*
>>28859807Did you already use a ridge reamer to get the pistons out?Also I hope whoever designed the new captchas gets ass cancer
>>28860472>I hope whoever designed the new captchas gets ass cancerI prefer the new ones. All I have to do is move a slider and press a button, whereas previously you had to decipher and type out several letters, which took more time.
>>28860472>>28860477If you clear history and start over its an absolute nightmare.Cookies keep track of your post count and captchas get easier.
>>28860472Nope, pistons were able to tap out without too much effort
>>28859807SBF? Depends on what the size is now, but in general .030 over is the limit for performance work and ideally you want less. A grocery getter can go .060 for sure, maybe even .080, but more than that and you're talking chinese lanterns for cylinders
>>28860607The thing hasn't been bored. Im trying to avoid that if i can so i don't have to dump money at a machine shop and new pistons. The largest bore is measuring 4.005 after all the honing so far. I haven't looked around to find specs yet on what is supposed to be what and where the wear limits are. I'm also working with a shitty T gauge so im not sure how perfect my measurements are
>>28860611.030 over is common because its basically a guarantee that the cylinders havent been wallowed out that much. Rebuilders dont want to get .010 over pistons, bore the cylinders and find one cylinder that needs just a little bit more and have to order another kit and rebore.Youre halfway to a .010 over kit.Stick a piston in with rings installed in your "largest" cylinder and check clearance & play.
>>28860611
Finally bought a truck, now I can sell the wagon.
>>28861089318 or 360?
>>28861099440
>>28861237Rare if true
>carb rebuild kit I ordered is for one of the many slightly different variants of the carb>wrong gasketsaaaauuuuuughordered another one that SHOULD be correcthave been stalled out for weeks now between the weather, parts, and tools
>>28861397>laughing in autolite2100
>>28861402Car was running super rich and belching soot out the exhaust on cold starts so I decided it needed the carb cleaned out. Definitely was gunked up inside. I just want it to run good while I get everything together for the swap damnit.Radio install on pause because the wiring is going to be a pain in the ass.Bumper install on pause because the ones I bought really need to be polished but the shop that can do it right has a super long lead time.Le sigh.
>>28861411>need to be polished but the shop that can do it rightThose bumpers are the easiest shit to do.$50 at harbor freight and an hour later they look factory.
>>28861368
What sold me on it was the interior. Factory buckets.
>>28857866Nice going. Had an alternator story, myself, today. Thought I'd share, too.My alternator in my stingray was replaced by the previous owner a couple years ago. I was driving to work with it because I like to drive my classic on Fridays. Get to the parking lot and notice heat is about 10 degrees above normal. Park and hear hissing. Steam wafts out of hood. Fuck. Find the source of the noise right above the alternator belt.Motherfucking chinesium alternator bracket bolt had sheared off and the belt had hopped up and chewed through the upper radiator hose.Only $35 in rubber and stainless bolts to fix, but that was all this afternoon because the only place with a hose in stock was 45 minutes away. Fuck that last guy using grade 6 bolts in this application. Also, fuck the alternator manufacturer for using metric bolts. I think it's about the only metric thing on my car.
>>28861451geez. the alt belt on mine runs just 2mm away from a bolt that holds the alt bracket to the block. seems to be fine so far though.i forgot to mention that I had to swap out the tension adjuster bracket because the original was a local copy and slanted the other way which kinda sucked. But nothing another amazon special couldn't fix.also finally fixed the goddamn weeping fittings on the master cylinder for good this time...if you guys ever flare your own brake lines, when fitting them>tighten just snug>tighten further quarter to half turn>loosen>repeat previous two steps four timesmy fittings never leak after doing this, turns out there really is a way to bed/break flare fittings in.
Finally got this god damn timing cover off, but at what cost? It was seized to the two locating dowels, and even after soaking in penetrating oil for a week it still wouldn't budge. I'm not sure if this line going down it is a hairline crack from all the prying and smacking it with a plastic hammer, or just a casting defect.
The timing chain seems like it's seen better days too.
Hey guys, I work at NASA and just wanted to let you all know we finally decided on a landing site on Mars for the Artemis missions.Pic related.
Fixed a bunch of leaks and firebird seems to be ok. Took it out for an adventure to enjoy the warm weather
>>28862101from that pic it looks like a casting line (certified NDT tech)>>28862105enjoy your accurate timing
Did i do something wrong. I replaced the pinion seal on my car. Made sure the seal edge had gear oil sealant and lubed the seal surface with gear oil. It installed alright by the looks of it but it's still leaking
>>28857347More like Classic Coffin General, amirite???
>>28862434pinion itself might have a groove worn in it from the seal
>>28862526I knew that was something that could happen so when i had the yoke out i inspected it for wear but it looked fine. Im wondering if i somehow plugged up the differential vent when i painted the axle. If that's the case then the pressure inside would force oil past the seal. It does seem to only leak after long drives
Engine doesn't sit any lower with the new k member and the steering still hits the exhaust, very curious as to why it sits so much lower in my buddy's fox. Anyways I'm going to hack this shit out and replace it with round stock, I'm tired of looking at it and not driving it
>>28862958Old trick with fox body mustangs is to use convertible motor mounts- they drop the engine about 3/4 of an inch.Ford used the engine to stiffen the chassis because verts have so much flex. Vert mounts have very little rubber.
it's turning 60 this year
>>28857761Lol. I've always wondered what those lights were for on the dash... I'm sure none of them have ever worked on my old Ferds.
>>28859328Severe buckling, you can see the door out of alignment. Frame might be bent; unless the owner is loaded he might give up on it.Hope it gets saved.
Any of you know what this is? Found a box of parts in the trunk of the 1965 plymouth valiant i bought as a parts car.
>>28863221The shifter column and turn signal housing
>>28863223Oh shit you're right, this could even be useful because the car i got it for has a three on the tree that is mega sloppy.Valiant hasn't but the trunk has been a nice assortment of random bs. The valiant isnt even red.
>>28862977It's a shame they didn't have little chrome inserts in the window rubber, like the Fiat 500 did.
Took me forever and a day to clean up all the fucking silicone that was on the intake manifold, but I finally got both the intake and heads back on the Scimitar, as well as the exhaust manifolds. I'm gonna paint the red valve covers and pulleys black, set the valve lash, and see if it runs. If all goes well, I'll be on the final stretch to getting shot of the fucking thing.
This was the intake before
and after.
Found out my farm has a whole car buried on it some classic car that broke down bought in 70s buried in 80s Name is hard to pronounce
>>28859722Gey early EFI. Precursor to modern fuel injection with analoge transistors and heavily vacuum dependant. Can't get any parts for it, heat from the engine has fried everything. Idk what to do.
>>28857589I'm currently sorting out some issues and waiting on a new choke coil, but even poorly running, the sbc 305 would start in -20C from dead cold with some effort and a lot of idling before taking off.I had the block heater plugged in when it got down to -30, and it started fine then of course as well.I actually had to jump a few of my coworker's on the colder days.The Quadrajet's choke system is really well designed, but I've found you need to adjust it a little from season to season to get the best out of it.I'm working my way through figuring out what all the EGR shit does right now while waiting for some stuff. I think I can get rid of the evap can as long as I make sure the fuel tank, carb floatbowl, and pcv, are vented.Also, one of the better thing's I've done is buy a "battery blanket" it just wraps around the battery and keeps it warm when it's plugged in. I always plug it in with my block heater.>keystoneNothin better than cheap beer and old cars
>>28864101>Idk what to do.Carb swap
>>28864101rip that shit out and replace it with a carb cheater. if that breaks, you just have an ordinary carb
>>28861089>>28861237Fantastic anon
>>28864159Just waiting on shipping. There's an irony in that, once I get this truck, I'll never have to deal with vehicle shipping again.
>>28864154>I think I can get rid of the evap canYou don't really want to do that. It actually makes a noticeable improvement in fuel economy by allowing the engine to burn vaporized fuel that would otherwise be lost to evaporation.
>>28864418The data breach was right.This site really is half bots now.
>>28864418I've been wanting to get the evap system working in my car just for the sole reason of not wanting to smell fuel when im driving
>>28864418Does it suck up the fumes from the pcv line that runs from the carb, to the valve cover, to the evap can?If so, maybe I can just line the fuel tank vent to the carb lmao.
grr front left door on my dodge won't lock properly, i can push the knob down but then when i close the door it just pops back up. sometimes i can get it to lock when closing it, then trying to push the knob down, and it'll either not be able to be pushed in all the way, or it'll successfully go in and actually lock the door.apparently it's a mopar thing though.another mopar thing they did was hooking up front seat shoulder belts from the rear seat anchors to the trans tunnel anchors which is pretty interesting. dunno if i wanna do that or add anchor plates to the hard top roof.
>>28864529>Does it suck up the fumes from the pcv line that runs from the carb, to the valve cover, to the evap can?That's kinda it but backwards though. It's called Evaporative Emissions because it gathers the evaporated vapors from the tank and carb. The canister is lower than those items and since gasoline is heavier than air, it collects in the canister. After the engine is running the system has a Thermal Vacuum Switch to lock out canister purging until operating temp by way of blocking part throttle vacuum from the Canister Control Valve (picrel). Once up to temp, vacuum is applied to one of the ports which opens the CCV and allows some engine vacuum to the canister, basically sucking the accumulated vapors out. Precisely where the vapors are introduced to the engine on the 5 liter Chevy I no longer recall exactly but it may well tie into the PCV hose close to the carb, which is where it would need to be for equal distribution.
>>28864598>grr front left door on my dodge won't lock properly, i can push the knob down but then when i close the door it just pops back upTry pushing the thumb button in on the outer door handle while closing it with the interior lock knob pushed down. Apparently this was used as a primitive "don't lock you keys in accidentally" thing Yes, it works. Yes, Ive done it but it's been so long that I can't even come close to remembering what car, beyond it being some 60's style door handle that was very squared off on a light yellow car with the top of the door squared off. Real unique, I know lol.
>>28864154it's nice to have a truck because they don't have the emissions stuffbut my choke isn't electric, it's got an old bi-metallic spring in a stove for some reason
Silly me bought new stock coil springs. Not even close to fitting, and they're so hard the weight of the car can't compress them. Not my first broken coil spring on a Ford but the first time I spent money on new shit, and no word of this on any forum. I'm starting to believe no one actually works on these cars. >>28862965Unfortunately I'm already using those
>>28864691i did try holding the thumb button down while pushing the locking knob down but it seems to get caught somewhere because the button will cause the knob to unlock. i seem to have better results if the door is closed first, then just forcing the knob past the initial catch
>>28864688Huh, maybe I won't fully delete it then, just replace the lines. I'm sure it needs to be cleaned anyways.The line for sure comes from the can, travels to the pcv valve (T connector) and then into the bottom of the carb.I remember that part of the carb was SUPER dirty, probably because it was sucking in oil fumes and extra gas fumes and who knows what else that was in the evap can.>>28864732Man that's so funny, I literally have the same carb, but emissions/electric era so more junk on it.So many other quadrajets seem to have the rear pull off, but mine only has the front pull off, like yours.The electric choke works pretty much the same way (with the bimetal coil), but receives a 12volt current to make it contract to pull off the choke instead.I'm not sure what happened to mine, but a solder point between the connection and coil must've broke because electrical current (working and tested) doesn't make it heat up anymore. Is that a 305 or 350? What's your base timing?
>>28864771350, timed by vibes and vacuum. i always assume the damper is rotated on classics
>>28864732>electric automatic choke>bi-metal spring automatic chokeCute.Whats next? Youre going to tell me you have some hydraulic device to assist with steering?!?!
>>28864787Honestly considering just doing a manual choke swap. All my other vehicles have manual chokes and then I wouldn't have to wait for the choke to be cold to try/adjust full choke starts
>>28857347>1979 or older, with few exceptions.What're the exceptions?
>>28864810Vehicles that continued production into the 80s I guess?Just go with what feels right.Check out this sick truck I saw on marketplace
>>28864821>Vehicles that continued production into the 80s I guess?That's less exciting than I thought the answer would be, though it makes perfect sense.
I inherited an old 1992 nissan sentra from my family, is it good to keep and mantain as my first car? or should i sell it
>>28864810>What're the exceptions?Owner popularity. Seriously. If you know your shit and aren't annoying no one will care and there's a couple around here like that. It's just that in the majority of cases where the poster has had a newer car they've turned out to be complete faggots that shit up threads so it's easier to tell ALL newer car owners to fuck off.
>>28864882>Owner popularity.Do either of my fox body mustangs belong here?Nope.Does Delorean anon belong here?Yep.Its a thin line.And yes, vehicles that are on the cusp are tolerated because they may have more in common with vintage than modern and the collective knowledge of posters here is obviously more beneficial to them so im sure they appreciate it.Can you post a 1985 VW Scirocco?Of course.Can you post your 1985 Ford Taurus?Fuck no.Just dont be a fuckwad that thinks his hand-me-down shitbox is anything more than a hand-me-down shitbox and we'll all get along.If you have issues on your 1988 Blazer, we'll walk you through it.If you want to brag about the BBS wheels on your 2001 corolla and think you can play with the classic crowd because your state issues "classic" plates for anything that's survived 25 years you'll be laughed at, ridiculed and targeted with "your mom.." jokes every time you post. Dont be that guy.
>>28864856Is it under 162,000 miles?Good, reliable car overall.Real question is:If you sold it for 500 bucks, what are you going to buy for 500 bucks?
>>28864856Yeah man that's cool as hell, especially for free. That's a very cool generation of Sentra.It's time to start wrenching. If you don't want it, I'll buy it for $550
>>28864810There are none, now that I sold my Camaro the cutoff is 74 LOL
>>28864907>2001 Corollas can get classic platesThat's a hard pill to swallow
>>28864929Rip Camaro, what a rusty legend
>>28864966>28864929Thats the world you live in.I blame CERN
>>28864907I sold the DeLorean to buy rural land and two dream cars.I got sick of the movie BS and the obnoxious Gen X'ers who thought I liked that shitty incest film.
I want to drink beer and drive my old car really fast on dirt roads and my government made that illegal
>>28865014What'd you get for it?Friend had one for a DD and was trying to sell it back aroind 2001 for $8k and nobody wanted it. That was even in San Diego not some bumfuck desert nowhere. Car was clean except for lol electrical gremlins.
>>28865021I got $27k. It'd have brought in $37k if it weren't for the salvage title.They're interesting cars, but the owner's base is absolutely shit.
>>28864966DELET
>>28865014>I sold the DeLorean to buy rural land and two dream cars.I meanPretty good fucking dealYou take that deal? I sure as hell take that deal.
>>28864910yes it's got about 137,000 milesthe only thing we had to change is the brake pump, the car was sitting in the open for a few years so it got a little modly on the inside, took out the carpet, we are going to replace the front seats and install a new carpet from another sentra
Grinder and paint makes the $1000 front suspension fitment I ain't
>>28864967It’s around in spirit, I’m building a 74 nova that’s gonna get the Camaros supercharged 350, trans, the entire brake setup and the guts from the 10bolt. Put the Camaro steering wheel on the steering column too and I’m working on making brackets for the seats too. Balls deep in rewiring the whole car rn with a painless universal GM harness as the base and then just splicing in stuff for like my MSD, efi, fans and gauges and whatnot it’s a little bit of custom work not too bad though.
>>28865515Absolutely zero reason to drive something else.Oil change every 5k miles. If you dont skip any it will last another 137,000 miles.
>>28865617Nice, wiring is my favorite. I need to find a better fuse panel for firebird so i can clean up the wiring on my engine
>>28865081Yeah. I bought a 2-owner '66 Imperial convertible and a '27 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 Club Sedan that I'm going to make into a speedster until the body is done.
>>28865763This will be the interim goal.
Steering wheel is upside down, but I don't fucking care I can steer the car now
She's home now. In a week or two, she'll be hauling.
>>28865763>>28865767Ehhh I think it would look better restored as a sedan than some shitty T-Bucket knockoff.
>>28866512Like I said, "until the body is done."It's a very rare "Club Sedan" which means bucket seats and 2-door body, but it's going to take a full restoration. In the interim, I can finish the chassis and drive it as a speedster while working on the body.
>>28866520
>>28866524Nice bulletbird
>>28866350can't flip just the wheel? or is there a master spline cockblocking that
>>28866651I kinda want one of these but i get worried about sourcing parts for something that old
>>28866657Its not that bad as long as you get one with the 320 straight 8. They made that engine from 1936 (mine) to 1953. Before 36 its a bit more of a challenge to get support.
>>28866651uh based photo
>>28866651Old classics in winter scenes are especially comfy for some reasons
>>28866669I agree! Its fun to use them as cars the and not just sunny day toys.
>>28866666checked
>>28866671We used pic rel to get 2 ton of sand and paving slabs after our Iveco wouldn't start that morning, and the lads at the builder's merchants thought we were taking the piss when we told them to load her up, acting as though it was going to snap in half. She was rated at 35cwt weight back in the day, so not like it's anything she hasn't seen before. Baffles me how some people are so afraid to use these vehicles for their intended use.
>>28866686So true. People forget these we built to be used back in the day!Great story btw! Love it.
>>28864688I'm going to make that Pierce-Arrow into a daily driver; but, it'll be virtually stock except for interior fabric.
I'm going to get a classic and use it for a daily driver as much as possible.I was looking at a turnkey drivable road ready '50 Ford custom in the classifieds for a few months and by the time I made up my mind to buy it, it was gone.
>>28866573There are locating divets on each and and when I cut and welded it one got flipped 180 degrees. I'll take it back out and grind a divet in the other side
>>2886675860s and 70s might be better/easier for a daily; 3 point belts and head rests are underrated. iirc 67 was when collapsible columns started becoming an option, 68 was when they were mandatory. shoulder belts were an option, but became required for front seats of non convertible cars in 68.collapsible steering columns are great, but you could probably get away with just the 3 point belt. you can get aftermarket kits to add extra anchor points for shoulder belts but an aftermarket collapsible column would probably be easier to install. sometimes you could just get a collapsible column from the same year, or a newer year model and bolt it right in.i know you don't really buy a classic for muh safety, but if you can at least improve the odds a bit in your favour then why not.
>>28865701The front and rear lights are all done, gauges, ignition switch, turn signal harness, cig lighter and all done as well and I hid all my MSD stuff under the dash and wired it all out of the fuse box except the dedicated battery power/ground which I did under dash bus bar and bulkhead pass through with gauge 10 wiring disguised as heater hoses lol. The idea is to have under hood look more or less like a carbureted 350. Tomorrow I’m gonna go about installing the radio and speakers and the after that the motor and trans can go back in and then it’s just a quick wiring job to do the engine harness stuff and then I’m off to build the 10 bolt.
>>28866758>>288667822nding this, if you are young and haven't been in accidents yet it will make you want a safer car after you've been in themI'm planning those exact safety mods as well as a side blinker bcus the valiant clip I'm putting on isn't very visible and also a third middle brake light. For a non-daily. That I'm only gonna drive on special occasions. And I haven't been in an accident since I was like 20 and I'm 30 now.
>>28866933My reason for the lighting is there's regular, if you are in a crash do you die? Safety. And then preventative safety. I also use those cringe 5 panel mirrors on my DD and will put them on my barracuda because you can see blind spotsA /k/ net friend of mine just had an accident 2 days ago merging into a truck... low speed, they're fine, but if it was my barracuda after I've dumped love and care into it id end myself
>>28866651comfiest image I have seen in months
>>28865014fuck leddit that cocaine trafficking shit is the best car story ever and they ruined it
>>28865018come to Oregon we got a spot on the coast range selling road beers and I camped nearby with some friends in chanterelle season and some friendly locals showed up blasted we were on their drunk driving on dirt roads route
>>28864856That is literal first car perfection
>>28866910>dash bus barcustom or where'd you get it? i really want to wire up a second fuse box in the engine bay but i need to figure out a way to split a 10 gauge wire to six fused circuits all within this fuse box.
>>28866782ThisI cannot stress how massive the safety improvements from 66-68 were. Just from personal experience i walked away from a pretty nasty collision with only a week of back pain
>>28867174Tfw '34 Ford 3w.Welp.
>>28866941>I also use those cringe 5 panel mirrorsHave them on my '66 and '68, theyre awesome.I personally think its a cleaner look
>>28867231>Harpoons your chest as punishment for being a bad driver Based. Late 60s soimobiles save your live
Ah, "Club Cab" seating. So practical...I love how '70s it is.
>>28867284My '95 Ranger has jumpers.
>>28867316had a 2012 ranger that still had em
>>28867001Just from Amazon we used to do it all the time at the shop I worked at we’d wire like power inverters and auxiliary batteries and charging systems and my boss would stuff from the power sports place down the street. In this case though I just went on Amazon and type in 3/8” post bus bar and picked the one with the best reviews. On that note, anyone got any ideas for mounting a radio in my car? There’s no factory dash location since I have autometer gauges now and there doesn’t seem to be a good spot to mount a “universal mount” (pic related) with self tapping screws. Looks like at a bare minimum it’s gonna require fabricating brackets so I’m just skipping it for now and focusing on getting the car running and driving. Oh and also preferably not in the glovebox since I have no center console I’d prefer to keep the glovebox for the insurance and registration
>>28867284My 2002 still had those jumpers
>>28867416thanks, will check out that bus bar>no factory dash locationnot even hanging under the dash? it's how i did mine. used a bracket from the hardware store.
>>28867416Put it under your seat
>>28867476I might just be too picky I guess, I got this USA-740 radio from customautosound that I had in my 79 Camaro I’m trying to reuse it on the nova. I bought a radio bezel face plate off a 79 firebird to use as a facade, but the actual like chassis box of the radio is a total oddball size it’s like 1.5 din or 1.75 it doesn’t fit anything. Under dash I could make some sort of bracket I guess
>>28867490does the nova have a front bench? i was able to mount mine under the dash because it was a front bench
My question is: How do you change the tyre when you get a flat?
>>28867510They run solid rubber.
>>28867492It did originally but by the time I got it had some random ass buckets screwed straight to the floor pan with like 3 bolts/nuts total. I got some weld in brackets and I’m gonna mount the Camaro bucket seats
>>28867522That's just ridiculous.
>>28866956HAHA Thanks!
Found at the junk yard today.Have to go back next week when they dig my parts truck out for access.Might ask how.much they want for the whole Lincoln.
>>28867645why? it's gone
>>28867645My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
>>28867665>Hot Rod Lincolnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoxlShsE4o
>>28867653It’s a parts car, you so. Of a bitch wrenchlet
>>28867706you said you needed parts for a truck, and nobody has a 59 premier in CCG
>>28867653I worked for a company that bought 65-73 mustangs, stripped them down to the shell, rebuilt them and shipped to Japan.Nothing is ever "gone".That shell is in better shape than half the fastbacks we restored. Granted parts are a little bit harder to find but thats a prime candidate for a restomod.
>>28867714"bit harder" lol
>>28867716#1) I just bought a ram dually with a V10 that was in "a little" accident.#2) Mustang II suspension swaps are common on chevy trucks.#3) 9" bolts into everything (hell, it might have one from the factory).#4) interior is easy if the seat frames are intact.Body is pretty good.Windshield and rear glass are intact.Door glass is flat pane so not an issue (can cut shit out of plex if needed, ive done it before)So what's left? Electrical? Would have been ripped out and replaced anyways.
>>28867720>Body is pretty good.just what i can see: rust holes in doors, fenders, rear deck lid. hood is actually gone.
>>28867721Lol.Im an actual sheetmetal worker.Like paying union dues.That patina ain't shit.Anything thats rusted through i can repair with remnants in my garage.
288677142886772028867755don't do meth, kids
>>28867778Just one of my welders in my garage is worth more than your car.Youre a pissant little basement dweller with no clue about vehicle restoration.Go back to CoD. Adults are talking here.
>>28867892i know a little bit.go ahead and buy the premier, you deserve it!
>>28865544don't grind a structural weld
>>28867892I simply don't believe you.larp.
>>28868279lol pictures of garages are really hard to take.he's a tweaker tinbasher who imagines he restores classics when he's manic.
>>28868527>tweaker>unionUnlike your McJob, real professions have drug tests to weed out losers like yourself.
>>28869298Didn't they catch a bunch of Chrysler workers get caught drinking on the job and doing drugs back in 2009?Just saying, unions aren't the great benevolent beneficial associations zoomer commies think they are.
is made in USA a must for a 2-post lift in a garage? even bendpack is made overseas now.>>28869300oddly proud of giving thousands of dollars away to an organization that coddles the weak
>>28869300So 17 years ago and they were caught is the best you can do?And reminder thats 400,000 workers.
>>28869300Not only that, but they were all reinstated.
28867892In the 8 years I've been here this dude has never posted a photo of his shit and replies at all hours of the day. Just admit to being a poor than owns nothing, no successful person treats their time this poorly
>>28869418bro he can restore a rotted out Lincoln Premier.All tin-bashers can. He has a welder.
>>28869433Is he the same dude that constantly antagonized that namefag with the green Ford truck
>>28869418>the 8 years I've been here>no successful person treats their time this poorly
Well, this is rather sad; Roughly 3 years ago we sold 2 Silver Shadows and a Mk. 10 Jag to three blokes who were supposedly going to restore them, one guy being the money man and the other two doing the work, but one of the latter basically fucked the money bloke over and legged it after doing some genuinely heinous things to one of the Shadows, and so the other two cars have languished. The money man called me a few days ago to ask if we could help him, as he knows nothing about cars, so we agreed and popped down to have a look at what state they were in - boy, were we in for a shock.Top pic was how we had it, bottom is what they look like now.The Jag here has had primer sprayed directly over the few trouble spots of rust it had, which coupled with being left outside the last few years has really pushed this car into the *uneconomical to repair" side of things. Interior has also been leaking the entire time, so the corners of the walnut dashboard are also rotted out, and the engine is now seized, which really makes this a hard sell. Arguably nothing but a parts car, now.
The Shadow is the real kicker, though. This car was one of the first 100 or so made, and while it was in need of some TLC, it was still easily saveable. For some god forsaken reason the bloke painted the whole thing in primer (including most of the chrome), ripped the dashboard out, and gave the thing a fucking side exit exhaust... Out of all the cars to ruin, this was the one that was likely to bring the most money! Double kicker is that while it did run a little lumpy, it did still run; not any more. No life in it at all. Suspension and brake pipes have also blown out, and the welding repairs he has made are nothing more than patches and booger welds, which were also left unprotected and are now rusting back through. Christ, I feel so sorry for these cars. Almost wish we never sold them, now.
>>28869799FUCKING OOF
>>28867721What the actual fuck are you talking about?Camarobro replaced his entire floor pan.C1500 anon did a pretty decent job of replacing his rocker without experience.And those are just the locals.And you think some surface rust matters?There are zero holes in the sheet metalYoure either an idiot (most likely), blind or have zero experience with restorations. Go ahead and circle what you think are "rust holes in doors, fenders, rear deck lid".
>>28869860I circled my dick in your mom
>>28869860>zero holes in the sheet metalzoom in, newb, this is just one of the perforations
>>28869893sheet metal's just fine bro. no holes at all. plus i have a welder.
>>28869788>>28869799goddamn son...
Evenin' fellas
>>28869893>>28870041Not a single hole in either pic.Youre a fucking retard.First pic is surface rust.Second is just the body line thats cut short so it can open and not bind on the fender.You dont know jack fucking shit about classics.Ill even go back and take more pics to prove it.
>>28870080you're just fucking with us right? like you knew you were wrong days ago and you're just trolling to keep us replying?the fender is rotted through, that's what the black areas are. (obviously because it looks the same as the hood)and there's no cutout for the door to open. it's rotted completely through. now that it's proven that it's YOU who has no fucking clue about anything, i want you to show that you actually own a classic. bread on hood or fuck off forever.
>>28870097CCG isnt for your bro.Just walk away now.
>>28870097>bread on hoodThe 64 or 66 or 68 or 73 or 85 or 89 or 95?Pick one.>little bit of a stretch at the end but youre probably one of those faggots that thinks if its over 25 years its a classic...
>>28867254Idk despite putting them on everything I cannot help but think of stupid VW hipsters back in like 2015But also when I put them on my car my dad said, holy shit, haven't seen them in ages I saw plenty of people run em (he is currently 77 yrs old). Guess it was popular in Cali in like 1975ish??
>>28870267My dad did not run them but this was the era he had a C2 corvette so i assume they were cool if he remembers them fondly
>>28870267>popular in CaliBorn and raised.Left a long time ago.Might be a Cali thing. We took it for granted for long time. Everything we did, the rest of the country adopted shortly after (good or bad).Wink mirrors are still bad assed.Fuck C.A.R.B.Yes on 187.
anyone ever bought stuff from 440source? yay or nay?
My mom still to this day brings up her 1976 Mustang my dad made her sell to put a down payment on their first house whenever she's mad at him. They're rich boomers now, he should just buy her one.
>>28870310Not personally, no. They have a pretty good rep, though.
>>28870344excellent. i think my power steering pump is shot. gonna replace it with a saginaw unit, bonus is that the pressure relief valve can be shimmed to adjust the pressure to one's liking
>>28864907my barges share platforms with much older vehicles but I don't really post in these threads about them since I feel like them being fuel injected (TBI, admittedly, on the chevy) places them in the 80s camp more firmly than the 70s camp.
>>28870097I remember getting baited by s10fag like this years ago. Now you know. Welcome newfren.
>>28870311You have a mission for a birthday present for your mom.
>>28870609FUCK i hadn't seen him in a while and forgot that he existed. yep, i've been had. guh.have some OC FOD damage for your time
>>28870609if you were still following after the 3rd 'plus I have a welder', I have bad news for you
When did CCG get overtaken by zoomer wrenchlets that are clueless about restoration? Ive made custom fenders from scratch on an english wheel and done rotisserie restorations.People were doing chop top customs before color photography was widely available.And you dipshits are concerned about some surface rust or what MIGHT be a 1" hole in a fender?!What the fuck.Ive bought body panels that were in worse shape than anything in that junkyard pic and was happy to get something in that good of condition.Is it bot posts? Samefagging? Because I refuse to believe there are this many people in CCG that see that Lincoln body as having anything more than minor issues that would be cleaned up in a couple weekends.
>>28870741And yet, no proof.Pics or it didn't happen larper.
>>28870310A lot of their parts are good, but some of the things can be had from RockAuto for less; namely, thermostats, water pumps, etc.Great if you're building a performance engine, a waste if you're doing a refresh on a daily.
>>28870745engine bay looks incredibly similar to gm c/kkinda small radiator with no shroud. did it originally have one?
>>28870749It did. Unfortunately, the shroud is missing after 49 years, so I'll have to souce one.I'm also upgrading the radiator because it leaks and that's going to be $1,200.Still, she's insanely solid for a '70s Dodge and so rare that parts stores don't recognize that it exists.
>>28870752>$1200summit makes copper/brass rads in mexico, might want to check that.https://www.summitracing.com/search/year/1974/make/dodge/model/d200-pickup/part-type/radiators
>>28870755Only the $1,400 unit has the right hose orientation. I'd also prefer to buy American and get a high performance radiator since I will be towing with this truck.
>>28870774buying american is respectable but that is a lot for a rad. just gonna link this in case you want to savehttps://championradiators.com/collections/d-w-series-truck-1969-1971-bb
>>28870780Wrong size. That one has an 18" core, mine is 21"
>>28870785They know of the difference, but don't carry the one I need.
>>28870785>>28870792damn nigga you got a rare-diatorhttps://www.radiatorexpress.com/product/all/DODGE/1977/D200/base/72l-v8440cid/223936/1085486
>>28870785Id just have that one recored.I havent had one done in awhile but id expect it to be well under $1,200 to rebuild it with a 4 core.
>>28870807These are good folks. They're who I had to go to when every fucking parts place kept trying to give me an automatic radiator for my Tracker, which does NOT fit a manual. I'd had to buy and return 3 radiators previous to that, which every place swore up and down would fit.
>>28870807The whole truck is rare. Less than 100 D150s were made with the 440. It's the same truck as a 3/4 ton, but with different spindles and axle hubs.>>28870812Not a lot of shops do it anymore and fewer still stand behind their products. The nearest one to me is 90 minutes away. I may call Monday and get a quote, though.>>28870822They're actually the people I was going to get the $1,200 unit from.https://www.radiatorexpress.com/product/all/dodge/1977/d200/base/72l-v8/231093/1085486#tabs
>>28870743>the concept of someone fabricating is beyond comprehension.That says a lot about you.
>>28870672He still posts regularly on /g/ and /v/. He sold everything and left the country afaik
>>28870866>why am i being shown the high-beam switch?oooooh you didn't have to do picrel
>>28870822sounds like wrenchlet cope
>>28870894Exactly. I've never seen a '70s Dodge that's this solid.Today, I'm getting rid of this shit.
>>28870906cruise control?
>>28871030While it has crusie control, I'm removing the hydraulic trailer brake actuator.
Why do NONE of these photos orient correctly?Also working on the circuit board.
>>28870906>bulkhead connectorWhile you're in the area you might inspect the connections for corrosion or heat damage.
>>28871042>Why do NONE of these photos orient correctly?It's a 4chan thing. Someone once said it was because exif data got stripped by the board software. Whatever. Just resizing the pics works though.
>>28871042>Why do NONE of these photos orient correctly?Iphones use AI logic to auto rotate to what it believes is "right way up" when viewing regardless of camera orientation when photo was taken. So its impossible to tell how it was actually saved on the native device.
>>28871042Man, I love those old hand-drafted traces. I almost never see them in electronics after the 70's.
>>28871101Don't ffs get into Binky when they spent a year inventing a way to print circuit boards.Fascinating though it may be it'll take days off your life.https://youtu.be/Fy2_CUBz40A
>>28871042have we seen this trugg?
>>28871122Im not the owner but its this one.>>28861089>>28866505Hes posted other pics of the interior and engine (440) that are scattered about this thread.
>>28871153My best friend's brother had one of these back in the 90's that looked exactly the same. Dude loved that thing. Didn't have the big block, though.
>>28871122Yes, but I'll post another picture and a video if anyone cares.
>>28871173Video:https://youtu.be/OoDeiODLzNE
>>28871173seconding >>28871043 also check the ammeter if it's a plastic one. if you've got a lot of electrical accessories the current flowing through it can cause it to get hot enough to melt.bulkhead connector at the least, sand the batt and alt terminals clean, then jam with dielectric grease to help seal against corrosion. but better to just replace those terminals with 10 gauge wire that bypasses it entirely, 8 gauge if you're gonna run a 100+ amp alt with lots of electrical stuff.
>>28871359I'm not going to add any unnecessary BS. At most, I'll add a charger for my phone. It's going to be a tow rig.
>>28871405cleaning the terminals should be ok then. forgot to say, headlight relay harness is practically mandatory what with the 50 year old wiring.
